Media and Cloud - Limitless Possibilities

About The Summit

The Future of Media Leaders’ Summit is an exclusive gathering that provides a unique opportunity for media industry leaders, CIOs and ICT professionals to gather, share, inspire and shape the future of the media industry. The summit provides a distinctive platform to gain insight from innovators and pioneering technologists on groundbreaking technology solutions and their impact on the media industry.

The summit will be held under the theme of Media and Cloud – Limitless Possibilities; with the focus on how to leverage the power of the Cloud in media production and content creation. It aims to bring together high caliber international speakers, industry experts and media practitioners from around the world for a packed two-day event with keynotes, panel discussions, roundtables and workshops to provide insights on cloud technologies, cyber security, AI–artificial intelligence, TV+ and evolving technological advancement within the media industry.

SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

Faisal Iqbal

Faisal Iqbal has been at Al Jazeera for over 4 years during which he led a number of different technology and operation groups and delivered a wide range of capabilities and innovations with the organization. As an example, he championed and led the implementation of best practice processes across Al Jazeera including the implementation of a Global Single Point of Contact for all Technology Services for Al Jazeera. He is currently the “Manager of Enterprise Services Transformation” within the Technology and Operations Division – championing and driving Digital Transformation across the enterprise. Over the last 12 years Faisal has been leading process, technology and people transformation across a number of world renowned organizations such as Ericsson, Verizon Enterprise Solutions & Mars IS.

Richard Bentley

Head of Media Applications - Al Jazeera Media Network

Richard Bentley has worked in the media industry for 25 years. He’s done just about every job in production from directing gardening programmes and working as a video journalist for The BBC, to designing workflows in 45 countries for as many clients, as a senior professional services workflow consultant for Avid. He’s been with Al Jazeera for 4 years.

Cloud Computing is revolutionising the media industry but is a hybrid architecture preferable to cope with fluctuating workloads and unpredictable budgets? Is efficiency and decentralisation of content production opening up new opportunities and challenges?

March 5

13:00

Working Productively Through the Cloud

Media companies are increasingly transferring video and visual effects workflows to the cloud. But how is it working and what are their experiences? How do you build high-quality media workflows that reduce operational complexity, increase productivity and reduce costs?

March 5

13:00

Cloud Impact on Content and Creativity

What is the impact of cloud-enabled workflows on media content and the people producing it? Is it really cheaper and faster to deliver deeper, better news? Is it enabling innovation and experimentation and empowering staff to be more creative?

March 5

14:00

Lunch and Networking

March 5

15:00

Keynote - Cyber-Security and Manipulative News

March 5

15:30

Cyber security & "Fake News" panels (Technology, Workflow, Content)

March 5

15:30

Securing Media Assets and People

With petabytes of content being exchanged among media partners globally daily, the threat of cybercrime is very real for media companies. How do we manage media operations in a complex and insecure environment?

March 5

15:30

Has "Manipulative News” eroded trust in journalism?

The media is experiencing a crisis of trust as content manipulation and disinformation is increasing. From Russian trolls and Macedonian teenagers seeking to influence the United States election to authoritarian leaders seeking to target legitimate news outlets that are critical of their rule, how pervasive is so-called ‘fake news’? How is it hijacking news and discussion? And how can we identify between the false and the factual?

March 5

15:30

Managing Media Ops. in a Cloud Context

Data privacy, sovereignty, and compliance to GDPR and cross-border data-transfers and storage regulations are critical challenges for any strategic Cloud adoption program. Additionally, Cloud is driving complex interdependent relationships between partners, from Media organizations, Cloud platform vendors and Cloud-native applications that has implications for information security. How can industry partners work together to ensure the media supply chain is secure and data privacy respected?

It is a new title for many and increasingly important role as media embraces the science of media technologies. Data science, social algorithms, human computation are some of the buzz words, but what skills are needed and what do they add?

March 6

11:20

AI Content Production

AI is encroaching into every step of the media life cycle but surely human oversight is always going to be vital? Could smarter production systems, reducing or eliminating routine tasks free content makers to be more creative and innovative?

March 6

11:20

How AI impact journalism?

Could AI strip out consumer choice and dilute the content people access? Robots deciding on previous media habits what people should be served? Or will automation and crafted algorithms help content makers shape better programming?

March 6

12:30

Lunch and Networking

March 6

13:30

Keynote - True Global Enablement in the Newsrooms of Tomorrow

March 6

14:00

TV+ panels (Technology, Workflow, Content)

March 6

14:00

Building the Newsrooms of the Future infrastructure

The challenges of transferring from hardware driven broadcast architecture to the cloud, software and IP. How do we manage the transformation seamlessly and leverage the opportunities it offers to produce more creative content.

March 6

14:00

New and Awesome Production Tools

How will the power of technology be harnessed? What are the production tools of the future and how will they enhance the production value to create more engaging and informative content for audiences?

March 6

14:00

What Will the TV of the Future Look Like?

How is the role of journalism and program- making going to change? What impact will augmented production have on the creative process and what will this mean for content formats and audiences?

Cloud Computing is revolutionising the media industry but is a hybrid architecture preferable to cope with fluctuating workloads and unpredictable budgets? Is efficiency and decentralisation of content production opening up new opportunities and challenges?

05/03/2018

13:00

Working Productively Through the Cloud

Media companies are increasingly transferring video and visual effects workflows to the cloud. But how is it working and what are their experiences? How do you build high-quality media workflows that reduce operational complexity, increase productivity and reduce costs?

05/03/2018

13:00

Cloud Impact on Content and Creativity

What is the impact of cloud-enabled workflows on media content and the people producing it? Is it really cheaper and faster to deliver deeper, better news? Is it enabling innovation and experimentation and empowering staff to be more creative?

05/03/2018

14:00

Lunch and Networking

05/03/2018

15:00

Keynote - Cyber-Security and Manipulative News

05/03/2018

15:30

Cyber security & "Fake News" panels (Technology, Workflow, Content)

05/03/2018

15:30

Securing Media Assets and People

With petabytes of content being exchanged among media partners globally daily, the threat of cybercrime is very real for media companies. How do we manage media operations in a complex and insecure environment?

05/03/2018

15:30

Has "Manipulative News” eroded trust in journalism?

The media is experiencing a crisis of trust as content manipulation and disinformation is increasing. From Russian trolls and Macedonian teenagers seeking to influence the United States election to authoritarian leaders seeking to target legitimate news outlets that are critical of their rule, how pervasive is so-called ‘fake news’? How is it hijacking news and discussion? And how can we identify between the false and the factual?

05/03/2018

15:30

Managing Media Ops. in a Cloud Context

Data privacy, sovereignty, and compliance to GDPR and cross-border data-transfers and storage regulations are critical challenges for any strategic Cloud adoption program. Additionally, Cloud is driving complex interdependent relationships between partners, from Media organizations, Cloud platform vendors and Cloud-native applications that has implications for information security. How can industry partners work together to ensure the media supply chain is secure and data privacy respected?

It is a new title for many and increasingly important role as media embraces the science of media technologies. Data science, social algorithms, human computation are some of the buzz words, but what skills are needed and what do they add?

06/03/2018

11:20

AI Content Production

AI is encroaching into every step of the media life cycle but surely human oversight is always going to be vital? Could smarter production systems, reducing or eliminating routine tasks free content makers to be more creative and innovative?

06/03/2018

11:20

How AI impact journalism?

Could AI strip out consumer choice and dilute the content people access? Robots deciding on previous media habits what people should be served? Or will automation and crafted algorithms help content makers shape better programming?

06/03/2018

12:30

Lunch and Networking

06/03/2018

13:30

Keynote - True Global Enablement in the Newsrooms of Tomorrow

06/03/2018

14:00

TV+ panels (Technology, Workflow, Content)

06/03/2018

14:00

Building the Newsrooms of the Future infrastructure

The challenges of transferring from hardware driven broadcast architecture to the cloud, software and IP. How do we manage the transformation seamlessly and leverage the opportunities it offers to produce more creative content.

06/03/2018

14:00

New and Awesome Production Tools

How will the power of technology be harnessed? What are the production tools of the future and how will they enhance the production value to create more engaging and informative content for audiences?

06/03/2018

14:00

What Will the TV of the Future Look Like?

How is the role of journalism and program- making going to change? What impact will augmented production have on the creative process and what will this mean for content formats and audiences?